Friday, 15 June 2012

Singapore Yo-Yo Championships 2012



The Singapore Yo-Yo Championships (SYYC) is coming right up and what better way to celebrate the 10th year of SYYC than having it together with the Asia Pacific Yo-Yo Championships (AP)!

This year will feature National and World level participants, and is sure to be an event unlike any other.


When: 13-15 July 2012
Where: Hougang Mall
With: Jointly organised with the Singapore Street Festial

SYYC 2012 will feature the same 4 divisions, namely:
1) Single Handed (1A)
2) Double Handed (2A)
3) Offstring (4A)
4) Counterweight (5A)

Seeded Players:
1A Seed (SYYC 2011): Marcus Koh
1A Seed (WCC): Christopher Chia
1A Seed (EST): Darrell Mitchell
2A Seed (SYYC 2011): Alex Yao
2A Seed (WCC): Li Tiancheng
2A Seed (EST): Kenneth Leng
4A Seed (SYYC 2011): Sean Hung
4A Seed (WCC): Thawhir Yao
4A Seed (EST): Lim Aik Hwee
5A Seed (SYYC 2011): Iskandar Shah
5A Seed (WCC): Malcolm Chiu
5A Seed (EST): Neo Chun Hui

**Seeded players are also required to register!
**SYYC 2011 Champions are seeded for both SYYC 2012 & AP 2012
**Regional Champions are only seeded for SYYC 2012. They will need to do a 1minute freestyle to qualify for AP 2012 Finals.


Registration:
For a base of just $15 (early bird registration), competitors can take part in as many categories as they like! 
All registrations after the 30th of June will be $20.


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Do take note how SYYC 2012 & AP 2012 will take place:
1) SYYC participants and AP participants all take part in 1 minute qualifiers.

2) Singapore participants qualifiers will be considered for both AP and SYYC. (E.G. Christopher Chia 1A 1min is for both SYYC and AP)

3) Top Singaporean 1min freestyles qualify for SYYC finals. (Spinners can also qualify for 3 minute finals)

4) If these top Singaporean 1min freestyles are also amongst the top AP 1min freestyles, they qualify for AP finals as well.

5) Players who qualify for both SYYC and AP will only need to do ONE freestyle per division that will be considered for both SYYC and AP.

6) Players can compete in SYYC and not AP if they wish.

7) Players that wish to compete in AP MUST compete for SYYC.
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**After registering, you may send your 1minute and 3minute freestyle music to: customerservice[at]spinworkx.com

If you have any questions, you may drop us an email as well.

Practice hard and keep spinning!

Monday, 7 May 2012

Diamont Noir X Spinworkx 5A May Video Contest!!

It's already May and you know what that means!
5A May!!

Diamont Noir has agreed to join forces with Spinworkx to present to all a 5A video contest.

Here are the details of the contest:

1) Submit a 5A trick video (Just one trick. You can submit multiple videos.)
2) Keep the video to about 1 minute or less.
3) In your video, you must include the logos of both Diamont Noir & Spinworkx for it to be considered an entry. (Get the logos from the bottom of this post)
4) You may upload the video onto any video website such as YouTube, Vimeo, etc.
5) Send us/Post up the link of your 5A trick video via Facebook (Spinworkx or Diamont Noir).
6) No matter which country you are from, send us your video/s and join in the fun!!

Do note that the deadline for video submission is the 27th of May 2012.
Judges will be from Diamont Noir and Spinworkx.
The judges decision will be final. :)

The winner of this contest will stand to win the following prizes from Diamont Noir:
1x Single pouch
1x Dual pouch
3x Dice sets (Each set comes with 3 different sized dice)

Also, check out Diamont Noir's website at www.diamontnoir.com

Start working on those videos today!



Wednesday, 21 March 2012

West Coast Classic 2012 Freestyle Videos

West Coast Classic 2012 has finally come to an end and overall, it was fun!

Having the current Single A World Champion and Single A Asia Pacific Champion in the house, it was truly a blast for all the participants to share tricks, learn new maneuvers and just hang out with friends, as well as get some champion vibes from the reigning champions.

Without further ado, here are the freestyle videos from the event!

Single A Pro Division Champion: Christopher Chia


Double A Pro Division Champion: Li Tiancheng


Counterweight Pro Division Champion: Malcolm Chiu


Single A Spinner Division Champion: Clarence Lim


Offstring Spinner Division Champion: Khairullah Khairilanuar


Counterweight Spinner Division Champion: Lester Leong


Check out all the videos here: 


Saturday, 17 March 2012

Wednesday, 7 March 2012

West Coast Classic 2012 Registration and Information

Hey all,

the West Coast Classic 2012 is here and it is the last Regionals of this competition year before our Singapore National contest.

What: West Coast Classic 2012
When: 17 March 2012, 12pm (Saturday)
Where: Ulu Pandan CC (170 Ghim Moh Road) Bomb Shelter (Level 1, near the lift lobby)

Registration fee: $10 per participant

The divisions open for this WCC2012 are as follows:

Spinner (East Side) - 1A & 4A 1 minute freestyles
Spinner (West Side) - 2A & 5A 1 minute freestyles
Pro (East Side) - 1A & 4A 3 minute freestyles
Pro (West Side) - 2A & 5A 3 minute freestyles

How to get there:




So do register today, practice hard and we will see you there!




**After submitting your registration, please submit your music to either customerservice@spinworkx.com or to the Spinworkx store with the following details (name, category, division).**



For any enquiries regarding this event, please feel free to drop us an email at customerservice@spinworkx.com.

Wednesday, 22 February 2012

FRESH: sOMEThING Angle


Name: Angle
Bearing Size: Large
Response: Silicone pads

The Angle is the upcoming release from sOMEThING by YoyoAddict. After having released the SuperFly, a couple of weeks later, along comes the Angle.

After having played with the Angle, players at the Spinworkx store has said that not only do they think the Angle is a great yo-yo from a new manufacturer, it could very well go on to become a competition yo-yo-of-choice for competitors worldwide!

Its play is smooth, fast and handles anything you could possibly throw at it.

If you are a fan of high-quality, well-made yo-yos, get the Angle when it comes out! This is one of the best yo-yos we have thrown in awhile!!

Here is a video of Hiroyuki Suzuki throwing the Angle. We aren't kidding when we tell you it is a solid throw!


The release date for the Angle is the 28th of February.
Get yours at Spinworkx!!



 
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